Elizabeth Stephan Librarian for the College of Business and Economics
CBE Reference hours:
CBE Office PH45/45B
Oct 13 - Dec 2
Tuesday 1:30-3:30
Wednesday 9:30-11:30
Library Office:
Haggard Hall 226
Phone: 360-650-2061
Email: Elizabeth Stephan
AOL IM: buslibrarian
Facebook: Elizabeth Stephan
Find Books and more in our Library Use the Library Catalog to locate materials within our collection. The Library Catalog provides location, call number and bibliographic information for the books, journals, newspapers, selected government documents, microforms and other media, as well as online or electronic resources owned or accessed by the Western Libraries.
Subject Headings Books and other resources can be found in the Western Library catalog or the Summit catalog by searching by subject. Please use the following Library of Congress subject headings:
Strategic management / Wikipedia This article in the Wikipedia is an excellent overview of key thinkers and trends within the strategic management sphere.
Anatomy of a business plan : a step-by-step guide to starting smart, building the business, and securing your company's future / Pinson, Linda. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HD30.28 .P5 1999
• Check Catalog This discusses what to include in the plan, how to write it, and what lenders look for.
Bplans.com / Bplans.com This provides sample business plans and a search engine to obtain plans for specific businesses.
Business plan basics / United States. Small Business Administration This part of the SBA web site provides a good deal of information on starting up a small business. The section on business plans provides a tutorial and "self-paced activity" on writing successful plans.
Business plans handbook / Gale Research • Location: Haggard 2 Reference HD62.7 .B865 v.6 1999
• Check Catalog This book provides a variety of actual business plans present in alphabetical order by their subject. These plans reflect a number of acceptable approaches with differing levels of development detail and length, treatment of financial data, approaches to competition and marketing, and evidence of the research process. The library has two different volumes. Volume 1 and 2 both contain plans for small bed and breakfasts, v.1 contains a plan for a small inn, and several restaurants
Short course in international business plans: charting a strategy for success in global commerce / Brown, Robert L. et al • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HD 30.28 B7817 2003
• Check Catalog A step by step guide to writing an international business plan.
Your international business plan : a workbook for your international business plan / Otis, John W. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HD69.S6 O87 1989
• Check Catalog This workbook will serve as a step-by-step guide to lead you through the process of exporting your product to an international market
Core Competencies
Core competencies / Quick MBA This provides an excellent outline of core competencies. These competencies are a source of competitive advantage.
Strategic Alliances
Alliance Strategy / AllianceStrategy.com AllianceStrategy.com offers ideas, advice and resources on alliance strategy and management. The site is maintained by Ben Gomes-Casseres, author of The Alliance Revolution and co-author of Mastering Alliance Strategy, a professor at Brandeis University, and the principal of Alliance Strategy Consulting. Most of the information on this site is provided free of charge.
